Hello. I’m new here also was about 3 weeks ago I was told I have the HCC cancer. I’m going to the city of hope in Duarte ca. and upland ca. first surgeon told me no operation cause he didn’t think I would make it through the surgery cause I also have Copd chronic bronchitis also autoimmune hepatitis. So I just seen another doctor he suggested to do the ablation. Where they heat it up and kill it. It would probably be about month recovery I’ll be going for cat scans 4 x a year The dr said this HCC liver cancer is slow growing and common. He told me he couldn’t tell me how long I’ve had it. Now I have read up on this lol and I’m reading it’s an aggressive fast growing cancer and probable 5 years left to live. My dr says don’t believe everything u read. My dr made me feel 100 x so much better but I can’t get out of my mind what I’ve read. Can anyone give me some advise and what their going through with the HCC??? This is all new and I don’t even know what stage I’m in. Thank you for your time